I did put "Other" as usual, but I couldn't let it pass - of course Pintsize streams.
( His avatar is probably a picture of him wearing his giant steel weapon :-D )
My "other" choice is Melon - with an audience consisting of people who are stoned, high, or drunk...
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?Tool assisted speedruns are already a thing, some games have RNG that will screw you regardless of “perfect” play, and do we even know that non-industrial AI bodies have that level of precision, or that AI minds can reproduce a previous experience with that level of accuracy?
Who would watch that? Sounds a bit boring.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?"There is grace in their failings."
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
I confess to being bemused by this thread of conversation. Though it's a variation on a recurring topic. QC AIs aren't computers; they are emergent lifeforms; and they do in fact have personalities.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
I confess to being bemused by this thread of conversation. Though it's a variation on a recurring topic. QC AIs aren't computers; they are emergent lifeforms; and they do in fact have personalities.
That’s on me not understanding the appeal of speed runs — I assumed that watching people play games was about skill. I guess it’s like cooking shows — it’s about personality as well as technique.
I didn't know what a pop filter was (thanks for explaining it to me :D)
I was talking about speedruns done by AI which sounds boring to me. I like watching people do speedruns.
This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
May would be a good choice, provided that she doesn't start bossing Marigold around, or making rude noises while Marigold is streaming.
Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
I confess to being bemused by this thread of conversation. Though it's a variation on a recurring topic. QC AIs aren't computers; they are emergent lifeforms; and they do in fact have personalities.
That’s on me not understanding the appeal of speed runs — I assumed that watching people play games was about skill. I guess it’s like cooking shows — it’s about personality as well as technique.
Skill can factor into it as well (it can be amazing to watch the world record speedrun, especially of a game you've played yourself), but generally I think most people will take their favourite streamer playing any old game than a random streamer playing a game that personally appeals to them.
New comic.
Oooh, interesting development! May would be a good choice, provided that she doesn't start bossing Marigold around, or making rude noises while Marigold is streaming. May would be good at keeping Marigold's identity a secret: she respects privacy.
I kinda suspect we aren't talking about top of the line hot dogs here.US convenience store X - - - It hardly matters what X is - we all know its quality
I can't agree. There's more to being a manager than being bossy, which is May's main trait. Actually, I think being bossy is a serious drawback. There's a big difference between being assertive when necessary and enjoying pushing people around for its own sake, and May is very much the latter. Bubbles, for example, is self-confident and assertive without being bossy.
Anyway, leaving that aside, you need to be organized and motivated. Have we seen May really accomplish anything on her own? Aside from the failed heist that happens before we first meet her. Bubbles and Roko are the characters I usually think of when we're talking about getting stuff done.
I've never dealt with a business manager - which is a different job than middle management - but it feels a bit like being a project lead, and I have a lot of experience with that, both as a project lead myself, and dealing with other project leads. Mostly the good ones were very focused on Getting The Job Done. I'm having trouble envisioning May _caring_ about organizing Marigold's life. It seems more likely she'd just see it as another shitty job, and she'd do a half-assed job as a result.
However... given that Jeph is clearly nominating May, it'll probably go a different way. My read on what May would do, based on past behavior, isn't really predictive of the strip.
May can certainly be bossy, but we have also seen her be helpful and supportive when she wants to be. She also likes and respects Marigold (for the most part anyway, the off-color jokes notwithstanding), and I think she'd jump at the chance to have a better paying job that doesn't involve leaking hot dog machines and shooing teenagers out of the store with a broom. Once she has that, she will try with all of her might not to screw it up.
I kinda suspect we aren't talking about top of the line hot dogs here.I think "Hot Gulp" brand coffee is a bit of a give-away. Although the one and only time I tried Starbucks's coffee... yeah, a hot gulp would be about right.
I kinda suspect we aren't talking about top of the line hot dogs here.US convenience store X - - - It hardly matters what X is - we all know its quality
Marigold's phrasing in the last panel made me wonder if she has moved in with Dale. We haven't seen it happen on screen so I guess not - she's probably just staying over regularly. They have been together since before Faye & Angus broke up though which is a long time (longer than Marten & Claire). I wonder if they ever discussed moving in together. Perhaps they just prefer separate places.
How many crappy convenience store hot dogs could you buy with $700 million illegal dollars? Asking for a friend.Roughly 350 million of them.
I'm a little sceptical - sounds to me like Momo wants to use Marigold as a test-case for the benefit of May - like she really has May's best interests in mind, not Marigold's.
This is despite the fact that the person with the supposed skills with finances, used those skills to embezzle - and got caught - and still has a bad attitude, freely stating that she thinks it would have been cool if she had succeeded... :-\
Cop: "There's a topless robot girl running by."
Other cop: "Eh. Must be thursday."
(Are there public nudity laws for robots?)
I wonder if May could over shadow Marigold or trigger Marigolds insecurities bc of her new body
She's "human standard" from the standpoint of the appearance of her anatomy, so public nudity laws should apply. Of course, given how liberal QC-verse seems to be, bare breasts may not count as public nudity in Northampton.
Well, now I want May to move that arm.If you sign up for Jeph's Patreon...
May can certainly be bossy, but we have also seen her be helpful and supportive when she wants to be. She also likes and respects Marigold (for the most part anyway, the off-color jokes notwithstanding), and I think she'd jump at the chance to have a better paying job that doesn't involve leaking hot dog machines and shooing teenagers out of the store with a broom. Once she has that, she will try with all of her might not to screw it up.Yes, but will that be enough? If Momo doesn't raise the money issue, Dale will, which will annoy May no end regardless of the outcome of the discussion. I expect this will all end up with Marigold having to be assertive with May over some trivial thing that has grown up to engulf the whole apartment.
Cop: "There's a topless robot girl running by."
Other cop: "Eh. Must be thursday."
*kicks self for forgetting Melon as an oddbal candidate*I don't think Melon's job (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3643) is virtual.
If we're assessing character, May strikes me as a mixed bag and I'm hard pressed to form an opinion about her with any confidence.She's demonstrated honesty, creativity, duty, interpersonal acuity, respect, diligence, responsibility, and endurance. On the other hand, she's impulsive and made one pretty big mistake. Her impulsivity might be controlled by setting appropriate restrictions, and I'm inclined to believe, after all we've seen of her interpersonal growth, that she's learned, despite systematic vengeance, her lesson.
There's a big difference between being assertive when necessary and enjoying pushing people around for its own sake, and May is very much the latter.I don't recall any evidence of frivolous commands or manipulation from May, though she is quite brusk. I suspect often that many persons fear admitting the perfectly valid reason of interpersonal incompatibility, against hiring certain persons for certain roles.
I'm impressed that May managed to top Dale's "I quit!" moment.Well, yes, but that poor plumbing! Cloth should never go into the sanitary sewer...
(Are there public nudity laws for robots?)Well, if they're like Barbie, as May's first body was, then maybe not? But if they're behipped and betitted or bepen*sed, why would human laws about such not apply?
(Are there public nudity laws for robots?)Well, if they're like Barbie, as May's first body was, then maybe not? But if they're behipped and betitted or bepen*sed, why would human laws about such not apply?
Regardless of the legality, for a humanoid AI to run around "naked" would cause more than a little stir, and in ways the AI (who is trying to fit in after all, otherwise why would Bubbles find reading a physical book desireable (her word, "performant")?) probably doesn't want. Note that Jeremy, Pintsize, the arachnid AI, etc. don't wear clothes on a regular basis. Seven is the odd Humanoid AI in that regard - though the revamped Jeremy was shown without clothes several times during and after his transformation. I'm counting Bubbles armor as clothes for this discussion. Seven may be different because her body was fairly heavily stylized and obviously not human even if humanoid.
I believe there's at least one state in which women are allowed to go topless because of a court case where someone argued that applying different parameters for acceptable coverage between men and women was sexist.
This has been a point of confusion for me for a while. We don't see Marigold move, and Momo takes the empty room after Angus moves out. And I vaguely remember Dale saying he lived with his mom. So when May shows up fresh from robot jail, she must be at Dale's Mom's house. But when May moves in with Dale, and falls on Dale's sword, ripping her face open, the incident is shown at Marigolds place?Marigold's phrasing in the last panel made me wonder if she has moved in with Dale. We haven't seen it happen on screen so I guess not - she's probably just staying over regularly. They have been together since before Faye & Angus broke up though which is a long time (longer than Marten & Claire). I wonder if they ever discussed moving in together. Perhaps they just prefer separate places.I was under the impression she had.